Package: apt
Version: 0.5.28.6
Severity: wishlist
"dotty" command of apt-cache is really useful, but works only for binary
packages. I had the need of generating graphs of build dependencies in
order to decide the proper order of uploading packages to avoid
autobuilder fails for unmet build dependencies.
I wrote a script which is able to generate such graph using
libapt-pkg-perl. It is available here:
http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-ocaml-maint/tools/build-dep-graph/build-dep-graph.pl?op=file&rev=0&sc=0
Sample output is here:
http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-ocaml-maint/tools/build-dep-graph/ocaml_build_deps.png?op=file&rev=0&sc=0
Still, the proper place for such a feature seems to be apt-cache itself,
is it possible to add it?
Thanks in advance,
Cheers.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-fistandantilus
Locale: LANG=it_IT@euro, LC_CTYPE=it_IT@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgcc1 1:3.4.3-12 GCC support library
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.5-12 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
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